The Innovation of Loneliness

"Loneliness is the most common ailment of the modern world," attests Shimi Cohen, the creator of this fast-paced animated video based on the work of Sherry Turkle and Dr. Yair Amichal-Hamburger. In societies that promote individuality over family and community, and with the rise of online social networks, we have replaced conversations with connections; intimacy with photos and texts. We expect more from technology and less from each other. Watch for the unexpected solution to loneliness.

While our focus is shifting towards individual achievements over community, more and more people are feeling lonely. They feel vulnerable opening up to others for warm, friendly, heart-to-heart conversations. Then, along comes social media… As people share and chat from islands of isolation, filtering and massaging information, they are undermining the genuine credibility of conversation. Bits and pieces of tweets, posts and chats aren’t allowing people either to open up or understand others. Are these online connections actually helping with loneliness, or they are making it worse? Could this social media activity be chipping away at your quiet time as well, when you could think and reflect? Learn more in this fast-pace, animated video based on the work of Sherry Turkle and Dr. Yair Amichal-Hamburger.